200+ activities. Plenty of possibilities.
Give your next session a starting point with practical games and skill-building exercises. Membership pairs video demonstrations with downloadable guides so you can prepare quickly and teach confidently.
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A look inside the activity library
Browse a selection from the member library. Narrow it down by activity type, teaching focus, age range or session length.
Showing 41 of 41 sample activities
Find an icebreaker, warm-up or group game to get everyone involved, develop listening and focus, or lift the energy of a session.
Name Chant
Icebreaker · Name Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Any age
Change the Word
Vocal Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Zombie Madness
Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Connecting
Physical Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Any age
Giants Wizards Goblins – Ladder
Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Bunny Bunny
Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Yes No Maybe
Focus Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Slow Motion Tag
Physical Game · Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
You Rock
Improv Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Greetings Your Majesty
Vocal Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Opposites
Focus Game · Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Quick (5-10 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Bipperty Bipperty Bop
Warm-Up Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
I’m a Whisk
Improv Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Lap Clap Snap Snap
Focus Game · Name Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Handshake Murder
Focus Game · Improv Game
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Werewolf
Improv Game
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Salt and Pepper
Icebreaker
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Build performance skills through practical work on character, movement, voice and improvisation, with exercises you can adapt as your group develops.
Did You Hear?
Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Stage Blocking Game
Physical Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Any age
Walking Into Character
Character Exercise · Physical Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Expressionistic Movement
Physical Exercise · Vocal Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Laban Bus Ride
Acting Technique · Emotion Exercise · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Laban Inner & Outer Characteristics
Acting Technique · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Letter of Change
Emotion Exercise · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Freeze Tag
Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
The Human Prop
Acting Technique · Character Exercise
- Duration
- Flexible · Long (40 minutes +)
- Age range
- Ages 12+
Reflection Circle: Striking a Pose
Focus Exercise · Physical Exercise · Team Building
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Group Hot Seating
Character Exercise · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Were You Listening?
Storytelling Exercise · Team Building
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Sit, Stand, Kneel
Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Invisible Rays
Acting Technique · Focus Exercise · Team Building
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Commedia dell’Arte Character Zig Zag
Acting Technique · Character Exercise · Commedia dell'Arte
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Rules of Improv
Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Character Creation From Photos
Character Exercise · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 9+
Two Line Devised Monologue
Storytelling Exercise
- Duration
- Flexible · Long (40 minutes +) · Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Meisner Improv
Acting Technique · Improvisation Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 12+
The Machine
Physical Exercise · Team Building · Vocal Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
3 Actions 1 Line
Emotion Exercise · Physical Exercise
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 8+
Greeting the Group
Emotion Exercise · Team Building
- Duration
- Short (10-20 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Animal Energies Morphing into Character
Character Exercise · Physical Exercise
- Duration
- Flexible · Long (40 minutes +)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Tongue Twister Fun
Vocal Exercise
- Duration
- Medium (20-40 minutes)
- Age range
- Ages 6+
Try something with your group
Our free collection lets you watch demonstrations and try printable activity guides before choosing a membership.
Alongside the activities
Additional resources for your teaching
Support your sessions with materials you can print, share or use on screen. Choose the tools that work for your setting.
- Lesson-planning aids and classroom tools
- Worksheets and activity handouts
- Mini scripts, monologues and short scenes
Introduce established acting approaches through practical exercises. Explore technique through doing, and adapt each activity to your students’ experience.
- Stanislavski
- Meisner
- Laban
- Theatre of the Absurd
- Commedia dell’arte
Explore the shift from stage to screen through work on naturalism, stillness and the relationship between performance and camera framing. Screen-acting resources are being introduced as this department develops.
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One membership opens the library of scripts, games, exercises and teaching materials, including new additions as the collection grows.